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society

living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values

precisely

very accurate and exact
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ability

the power or skill to do something

resources

skills, money and knowledge that helps a person accomplish a goal

individuals

each person

identified

to know and say who someone is or what something is

ignorance

a lack of knowledge, understanding, or education

bargained for

to discuss an agreement

union

an act of joining two or more things together or relationship
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discrimination

the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently
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sense of self

to know who you are

inferior

of little or less importance or value

defense mechanism

a process in the brain that makes you forget or ignore painful or disturbing thoughts, situations, etc.
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theory

an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events
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census

the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city, or town and collecting information about them